An ex-mercenary and an embattled journalist find
themselves unlikely allies against a corrupt defense
contractor in this "noir for modern times" (Ace
Atkins).

Ray Devlin is retired, living a simple life off the grid in
Florida, when a visit from an old colleague stirs some bad
memories--and ends with a gunshot. Soon Devlin is forced to
again face a past he'd hoped to leave behind, as a member of
a mercenary force that helped put a brutal South American
dictator into power.

Tracy Quinn is an investigative reporter at a struggling
Philadelphia newspaper decimated by layoffs and cutbacks.
Then one day what appears to be a straightforward
homicide--a body left in an abandoned rowhouse--draws her
and Devlin together, and ultimately enmeshes both in a
conspiracy that stretches over twenty years and reaches to
the highest levels of the U.S. government.

Before long, they're both the targets of a ruthless assassin
haunted by his own wartime experiences. For Devlin, it could
all mean a last shot at redemption. For Tracy, the biggest
story of her career might just cost her life.